The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-02
FILLING THE LIBRARY.
THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCI-
ETY. BUSY BUYING BOOKS.

Another $1,000 Appropriated - An
Admirable Plan to Secure Complete
Historical Library Adopted-A List
of New Works Ordered to be
Bought.
Tho Georgia Historical Society had full
meeting last night and Gen. g. Monkey Sor-
rel presided. Messrs. Clarence NJ. Clark, A
A. Aveilhe and William P. Humphreys
were elected members The Library Com
mittee then made report that met WIN
universal appreciation. The burthen Oh IL
was that the society should begin now to
collect complete historical library. To
purchase all the works on Eng
lish history which it lacks, and then
to buy comprehensive library of the his
tories of the United States, and after that
to get the historical works of each OF the
States This is the first part OF the pro
gramme. The idea is of course, eventually
to secure historical library OF all nations,
but the work laid out will occupy some
time, and when it has been carried out the
society will look to other histories
TO BUY MORE BOOKS.
The money of the society, will not, how
ever, be devoted exclusively to this pur-
pose for it is the intention to keep on hand
the latest works of the day and purchase
them as they come out, but the historical
library is set before the members as the OBJ
ject to be obtained in the immediate future
The Library Committee also recommended
the sale of another $1,000 of bonds in
order to obtain money for the purchase of
historical works. At the last meeting the
society decided to sell 81 600 of bonds, and
1900 of that amount has already been ex-
pended. The committee desired to have an
other 81 900, which, added to the S6O0
remaining from the first appropriation,
would give them $1,000 to make the pur-
chases of historical works. After the
matter had been thoroughly discussed the
report of the committee was accepted and
the bonds were ordered sold.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
A lot of 557 new books which have re-
Gently been purchased have just been re-
ceived and are now in the library. They
are from the choicest authors, and besides
some of the older works which some of them
replace, they are all new books of the litera-
ture of the day Besides these the society
last night ordered the purchase of the fol
lowing works:
The Puritan Colonies, French Explora-
tions and Settlements in North America,
| Babel, Count Vibzthuni's "reminiscences, 2
| Among the Colonies and Cowboys, Brown
| ing's complete works, Handbook of His
torcal Geology, Hoffmaif's Tales,
| Hauffs Tales, Public Debts, Sanders Celebri-
| ties of the Centuries, Sir j. Browns Trans
lation of the Poets of Holland, Manual
| Training, Works of Anna Jameson,
''Katia," Ivan Ilyitch," 'Sebastopol,"
"What People Live By" and Gamma Ka-
renina" by Count Tolstoi. Popular
| Tales of Fiction" "Robur, the Con
queror," "Open Sesame" The Great
| Hesper, j" son Her Wedding Morn" 1.-THE
Mans Wife," "A Daughter of the People"
| THE Mysteries of Colde Fell, Windsor
! Castle" Through the Kalahori Desert"
| IAN American Four-in-hand in Britain
| Chronicle of the Coach, y THE Sun Maid, ="
| koruna, and 1.-THE Merry Men and Other
| Stories" by G. r. l.. Stevenson.
| These books are mostly by the authors of
| the day, and are fresh from the press They
comprise the choicest of the late works of
| the present time and will be a valued addi-
| ton to the library. The library hall is now
| filed with better and larger selection of
books than it has ever before held, and the
| members show their appreciation of this
| by their increased attendance.